 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1859 - 812 Seiten
...and died June 26. The duke of Wellington, who was no flatterer, said of him after his death : " He was the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit,...of good— that I ever saw in any character in my Ufa." HU short reign had been remarkable for the advance made in liberal sentiments, and for the many... | |
 | Charles Duke Yonge - 1860 - 698 Seiten
...obedience neither * See Kaikes's Diary, i., 91, where the Duke speaks of George IV. as having presented a medley of the most opposite qualities, with a great preponderance of good. CHAP. XL.] THE NEW CORN BILL. 129 1827. unreasoning nor unreasonable. It was a loyalty always kept... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1862 - 738 Seiten
...and good feeling — in short, a medley of the most opposite qualities, with a great prépondérance of good — that I ever saw in any character in my life." * * Baikea'a " Diary," vol. ip 92 • Column m La Pluce Vendóme. CHAPTER XIV. Oath of allegiance taken... | |
 | James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 936 Seiten
...In short, it was a sad business." " The prince-regent," said the Duke of Wellington, "was, indeed, the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery,...good, that I ever saw in any character in my life." Mr. Grantley Berkeley tells us of an act of generosity on the part of George IV., when Prince of Wales,... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1870 - 262 Seiten
...of June, 1830, there died in England one of whom the late Duke of Wellington wrote, " He was indeed the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery,...— that I ever saw in any character in my life." Such was George IV., judged by one only seven years his junior, who had long been acquainted with his... | |
 | William Smith - 1873 - 396 Seiten
...want of truthfulness. His character was thus summed up by the Duke of Wellington : " He was, indeed, the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery,...— that I ever saw in any character in my life." * This oath has been since abolished (1858) ; and now all members take one simple oath of allegiance.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1874 - 810 Seiten
...dread the great captain's strong sense and inflexible resolution : " He was indeed," said the duke, " the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery,...— that I ever saw in any character in my life." * * Raikes's " Diary," vol. ip 92 Column in La Place Vendiltne. CHAPTER XIV. Oath of allegiance token... | |
 | Ellis Cornelia Knight - 1875 - 380 Seiten
...and could not maintain their composure during the whole of the day. He was indeed," said the Duke, " the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery,...— that I ever saw in any character in my life." Sunday, 2yth Jannary, 1833. — Lord Douro's regiment, the Sixtieth foot, has been lately quartered... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1870 - 244 Seiten
...of June, 1830, there died in England one of whom the late Duke of Wellington wrote, " He was indeed the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery,...— that I ever saw in any character in my life." Such was George IV., judged by one only seven years his junior, who had long been acquainted with his... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1880 - 1316 Seiten
...indeed," said the duke, ''the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy, <ind good feeling — in short, a medley of the most opposite...— that I ever saw In any character in my life." * • kaikes's " Diary," vol. i. p 9»CHAPTER II. Oath of allegiance taken by-Peers and Commoners.... | |
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the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy, and good feeling — in short, a medley of the most opposite qualities, with a great preponderance of good — that I ever saw in any character in my life. 
